The drama follows the race for the city’s next major and the secret agendas of all involved. Depardieu’s Robert Taro, the current mayor, finds himself in a power struggle with his successor, Lucas Barrés, who’s played by Benoît Magimel. And both men are willing to do whatever it takes to make their visions come to fruition.

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Check out the first trailer for Marseille, written by Dan Franck, before all eight episodes hit Netflix on Thursday, May 5.